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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Symphony
Modulation
Natural
Intonation
2. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Chant
Recapitulation
Intermezzo
Ensemble
3. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Requiem
Glissando
Development
4. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Expressionism
Instrumentation
Coda
5. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Motif
Theme
Madrigal
6. The structure of a piece of music.
Leitmotif
Tremolo
Major
Form
7. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Obbligato
Parody
Song cycle
Concert master
8. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Symphony
Polyphony
Nonet
Leitmotif
9. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Prelude
Tone less
Impromptu
Neoclassical
10. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Relative pitch
Tritone
Medley
Accessible
11. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Tutti
Opus
Opus
Scherzo
12. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Time Signature
Consonance
System
13. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Tonality
Homophony
Canon
Chromatic scale
14. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Staff
Suite
Whole note
Grave
15. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Counterpoint
Verismo
Cadence
Cadenza
16. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Tablature
Musette
Flat
17. To shift to another key.
Fourth
Key signature
Modulation
Cadenza
18. Pertains to tone or tones.
Ensemble
Tonal
Key
Instrumentation
19. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Verismo
Sextet
Tone
Baroque
20. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Concerto
Polytonality
Tune
Prelude
21. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Chord
Scherzo
Da Capo
Musette
22. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Tempo
A cappella
Duet
23. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Clef
Canon
Interval
Triplet
24. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Theme
Chorus
Slur
Rigaudon
25. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Chorale
Major
Relative pitch
Soprano
26. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Song cycle
Medley
Twelve-tone music
Recitative
27. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Intonation
Libretto
Triad
Modes
28. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Verismo
Deceptive cadence
Slide
Interlude
29. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Temperament
Ornaments
Da Capo
Accessible
30. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Register
Song cycle
Atonal
Portamento
31. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Portamento
Quintet
Motif
Triple time
32. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Cadence
Madrigal
Temperament
Minuet
33. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Finale
Relative major and minor
Tonality
Triad
34. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Glissando
Root
Fermata
35. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Presto
Beat
Voice
36. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Encore
Quartet
Octet
Suite
37. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Romantic
Mezzo
Concerto
Adagio
38. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Slide
Sonata form
Trill
Cantata
39. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Measure
String Quartet
Dynamics
Expressionism
40. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Coda
Reprise
Glissando
41. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Deceptive cadence
Tonality
Galliard
Capriccio
42. Indicating speed.
Fermata
Parody
Voice
Tempo
43. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Modulation
Cantata
Minuet
44. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Form
Tuning
Drone
45. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Trio
Courante
Triple time
Counterpoint
46. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Mezzo
Vibrato
Tremolo
Round
47. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Madrigal
Carol
Pizzicato
Overture
48. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Polyphony
Form
Duet
Renaissance
49. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Modulation
Deceptive cadence
Leading note
Homophony
50. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Sharp
Impromptu
Slide
Refrain